Safety attaching device.



PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905.

H. G. HENZE. SAFETY ATTAGHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION PI LED 1613.14, 1906.

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SAFETY ATTACHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed March 14, 1905- Serial No. 250.029.

[0 aZ/I whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. HENZE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York,

. in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Safety Attaching Devices,

of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for suspending a pair of eyeglasses froma vest or other garment and for attaching to or suspending from agarment a small watch or other device; and the object of the inventionis to provide an improved device of this class which is simple inconstruction and operation and which may also be made to serve as anornament, and which may be used for any of the purposes specified,together with various other purposes, which will readily suggestthemselves.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my improvedfastening device, showing the parts in position for use; Fig. 2, a planview thereof; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the parts ina different position; and Fig. 4:, a plan view of the device as shown inFig. 3.

In the practice of my invention I take a strong spring-wire, which maybe made of gold, silver, or any other suitable metal, and in this wireat a predetermined distance from one end thereof I form a loop-shapedhook a, which when the device is in use or when the device is connectedwith a garment extends downwardly. The general form of the device issomewhat similar to that of a safety-pin, and one end of the wire forforming the loopshaped hook a is bent to form an arm 6, which isconnected with the hook member a by a segmental curve 0, and theopposite end of the arm 5 is bent so as to form another segmental curve(Z, at the top of which is formed a coil 6, and the extreme end of saidportion of the wire is formed into a pin f, which is pointed, as shownat g, and which when the device is in use engages the hook to. The

other end portion of the wire is bent to form a supplemental curvedspring-arm 72/, which ranges transversely of the arm I) and projectsbelow said arm and is formed into a spring ring or loop i, the end ofwhich is provided with a circular head or knob j. The central portion ofthe arm 6 is bent outwardly to form a loop-shaped bend or projectionIt}, and the head or knob j at the free end of the spring loop or ringe'operates in connection with the loop-shaped bend or projection is tolock said free end of the loop or ring 2" in connection with the arm I),the locked position being shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and the open positionin Figs. 3 and 4. As thus constructed it will be seen that the parts 6and f constitute, in effect, an ordinary safety-pin, and this device maybe connected with a vest, coat, or other garment and serves as means forsuspending a pair of eyeglasses or a small watch or any other article ofthis class. i

In suspending a pair of eyeglasses from this device the spring-bow ofthe glasses is passed over or around the head or knob j at the free endof the open loop or ring iand is dropped into said loop or ring, and thehead is pressed backwardly over the outwardly-directed loopshaped bendor projection in, and said end ongages said bend or projection and locksthe loop or ring z', holding the glasses, as will be readily understood,and in suspending a small watch from this device the ring of the watchis manipulated in the same manner as the spring-bow of a pair ofglasses. When it is desired to detach the glasses or other article,pressure is applied to the back of the head or knob 7', and said head orknob is forced forwardly into the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, whenthe glasses may be easily detached, as will be readily understood, andthis operation will be the same in the case of a watch or other article.

The spring-arm b, which constitutes the back or body portion of thesafety-pin part of the device, will yield when pressure is appliedthereto, and this is also true of the free end of the loop or ring 2',and this facilitates the operation of these parts, as hereinbeforedescribed.

It will be understood that this device may be made of any desired size,and in practice, for the purposes herein specified, it is made smallerthan it is shown in the drawings, and said device, in addition toserving for the purpose or purposes herein specified, also constitutesan attractive ornament.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An attaching device of the character described, comprising an oblongbody portion consisting of a bottom spring-arm and a top spring-pinconnected at one end with the arm and adapted at its free end to engagea hook connected with the corres ponding end of said arm, said hookbeing provided with a curved arm which ranges transversely of the bodyportion and projects below the same and is formed into an open springloop or ring the free end of which is provided with a head adapted toengage the central portion of the bottom spring-arm, substantially asshown and described.

2. An attaching device of the character described, comprising an oblongbody portion consisting of a bottom spring-arm and a top spring-pinconnected at one end with the arm and adapted at its free end to engagea hook connected with the corresponding end of said arm, said hook beingprovided with a curved arm which ranges transversely of the body portionand projects below the same and is formed into an open spring loop orring the free end of which is provided with a head adapted to engage thecentral portion of the bottom spring-arm, and which is bent outwardly toform a projecting loop or bend in connection with which said headoperates, substantially as shown and described.

3. A device of the class described, composed of spring-wire bent at apredetermined distance from one end to form a hook a, one end portion ofthe wire being then bent to form an arm 5 and a pin f, the other endportion of the wire being then bent to form asupplemental spring-arm itwhich ranges transversely of the arm 5 and the pin f, said lastnarnedend portion of the wire being bent to form an open spring loop or ringiwhich extends below the arm lb, the free end of which extends upwardlyand is provided with a knob or head 7' adapted to detachably engage thearm 6, substantially as shown and described.

4. A device of the class described, com prising an oblong body portionconsisting of two substantially parallel members, one member of whichcomprises a spring-pin connected with the other member at one end andadapted to engage a hook at the opposite end, and a spring-arm connectedwith the hook portion and ranging diagonally and transversely of thebody portion and the end of which is provided with an open spring coilor ring, the free end of which is provided with a knob or head adaptedto engage the main body member, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my inventionI have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of March,1905.

HENRY C. HENZE.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. E. MULREANY.

